The evening world. Newspaper, February 1, 1904, Page 1

/ yA y, , y f f 4, (x RACING AND OTHER SPORT: PRICE ONE CEN CITT NSIT TTT RIO EDITION (10 SHALL NOT cE OF, SANS MAM ADOO The Police Commissioner Declares that No Let Up: on the. There Has Been Gamblers, and t hat.There Will Be None So Far as He Is Concernei. ‘He Is Spending Much of His Time Trying to Protect the Public from Ac- cidents on the “L” Road by Placing Policemen on the “I want to say emphatically Stations. | that there has been no let-up on ihe gamblers or other law-breakers on the part of the police.’’ “What I am most engrossed in wated trains. now is the overcrowding of the el While there is no legal reason tor assigning policemen to the crowded elevated stations during the rush hours, yet I feel that it {3 the place for the police. consider the legality. Police Commissioner McAdoo ae oy “I would rather not give out my im- | the statement pup- the | absolutely to-day lished in a morning paper Police have let up on the gamblers ana that owners of pool-rooms or that the fhud beea raised’ even a little bit. “If you will show me where there ts a Geak I will go after, it and stop the es- cuping steam with putty,” he said. “1 want to say emphatically that there thas been no let-up on the gamblers or ther law-breakers on the part of the police.” “Do you know of your own personal Knowledge that there 48° fittle vas asked I have talked wit the police, nd in théir reports to me tie condi-4 I + ftions have not changed in the least since I began to make war onthe ganf- 8. “I went thranugh the Tenderloin Sat- vurday night. I. vistted the Haymarket, the Calro, the negro dance hall at ‘Thintieth strect and Sixth avenue, .and I want to say that Capt. Burfeind is going his duty.” “How did those pla impress you?" “Ha | or ho | | pressions about the conditions as I saw |them, but do not take my refusal to discuss them as in any way reflecting | | upon Capt. Burfeind, ‘The Police De- partment is greatly | having to provide about |for special duty. Ma Jare assigned to duty handicapped by 000 men daily of these men at the varlous |courts and others on special duty of a is | different kind, “What I am most engrossed in now is the overcrowding pf th elevated | trains. While there is no legal reason for assigning policemen to the crowd- | ed elevated stations during. the rush | hours vet I feel that it is the place for jthe police. Human life is in danger, Jand we cannot stop to consider the ity. 1 have. found it necessary to hie men aid the guardy on several of the more crowded stations. I am now |trying to devise some scheme which will add to the safety of the people who travel onitha crowded. trains,’ Just before the Cothiniéaloner gave out the, denial he bad a long conference with Deputy Commissioner McAvoy and Sieigr ne talked with: Inspectors Walsh, jCortrigh Mind Brooke. Tc tk sald. t his talk with Wash had to do with conditions “int which is in Inspector W: Tenderloin, sh's district, SAFETY PLANS FOR THEATRES Managers Give the Benefit of Their Views to the Board of Aldermen on the Question of Stage Fires. Heinrich Conried, at the *hearing be- fore * the Aldermanic Committee on Buildings, on the proposed ordinance fox the better protection of theatre patrons to-day, suggested the use of a sectional sprinkler as a means of ex- tinguishing fires on stages. The sprink- (er, he sald, should be built In sec- ‘tions controllable from one point and by any-person. As fires in theatres fusually occyr on the stage he advised ‘that the sprinkler plan be placed on ‘the stage. Fire Commissioner miy Fire Hayes and Dep- Commissioner Willlam A. Doyle, of Brooklyn, were among the! Jarge crowd drawn to the Aldermanic Chamber by the hearing. : Manager Charles 'T, K. Miller, of the ‘Casino, speking of the use of a proposed metlit curtain,’ sdid the weight would-be so dnormiis ato render the use of the a m impractiaable. | Sideemmtg ued for the! jmoty tt er, ‘superior to the metal curtain. ‘Seemnre with Asbestos Curtains, J. Wyatt, of Colimbia College, de-} eh are that asbestos curtains weigh Trom 3,000 to 6,000 pounds and cannot be counterweighted. It ts impracticable te suine and lower the asbestos curtain he said peterson acts, “Fo drop the slow movi Reale would kill finales, " *Betier kill Onales then kill people,” s aimed Deputy Fire, Commissioner ove. lanager Conried informed the @gn- ittce that he Intended to, uve plain allow candles placed tn red lanterns at iets exit of tl Metropolitan Opera- Wplectricity, solland gas fafl at times, Henatere Rover.’ faid Manager Conried, Manager Wood, of the Broadway ‘The- tre, declared thet an.-asbestos cur- tain’ can be counterbalanced and cur- tains Lee forgey, gounterwelghted. He ‘had no objectian ‘co a provision 1a the ‘ordinance reratring the lowering of the pPsbestos curtain Beiween ‘ae et ———_—— NEW ISSUE OF FUEL BONDS, QENVER, Col), Feb, 1.—The stock- Shelders of the Colorddo Fuel and Iron Company ut a-special meeting to-day mended the articles of incorporation Borne to’ perautt nn increase in tne Tunds d indebtedness of the Etisag eae to issue bonds | basesrmamet © asbeatos said Mr, e 4g meat It cs amount {hat “the. asbestos curtain wast) DOCTOR FIGHTS. WITH A MADMAN David Hartesh Found Clad Only | in His Underclothing Taken te tacked the Nurses. There was a desperate fight In St. Mary's Hospital in Jamaica to-day be- tween House Surgeon Rorke and an in- sane pationt, which might have ended iy the murder of Dr. Rorke but for the arrival of assistance ut a critical time. The maplac was found on the front stoop of T. W. Cowenhoven's house on Lincoln ‘road early to-day, clad only in his wnderclothing. He was half frozen, but revived under stimulants, and was then taken to the hospital, where he said that his name was David Hartesk. He could. give no other in® {formation about himself. He was placed in a ward and ap- ipeared to be all right, but while Dr +Rorke was operating on a child the man Suddenly leaped trom the bed, chased Fall the nurses out of the ward’ and be- gan smashing everything in sight. Dr, Rorke rushed in and grappled with tho man and a desperate fight follow j First, the madman would down the doc- itor, then the doctor would throw. the lunatic. The man seemed possessed of the strength of a dozen men, and vhen he get a clutch on Dr. Rorke's throat, {t looked as though ie would ; throttle him. But assistance arrived and as subdued. sent to the Queens a Se MURPHY HURRIES HOME. Will Help Nominate Cockran for Congress To-Night. Charles F, Murphy hastened to town to-day to attend the Twelfth Congres- sional District Convention to-night at which a succersor to Mayor McClellan in Congress wili be named. Although the primaries were held ‘during Mr. Murphy's absence and the delegates se- lected, his name heading the list, he Wants to be in at the naming of’ the Bourke Cockran was decided upon is ago as the candidate, and ac- cording to the programme he will ree ceive the nomination. The Republicans have not yet chosen thelr man. but one will be named for the purpose of mak- ing a showing. ——= WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six hours ending at 8 P, M. Tuesday. for New Vork City and vicinity: Gen- erally fair and much colder to- night with a cold wave; Tuesday fair; brisk west to northwest Human life is in danger, and we cannot stop w Statement of Police Commissioner McAdoo. a Hospital Where He. At-|. | After Winning Many Races at| i wh | WILLIAM C. PRICE ONE CENT. “WHITNEY AND “HIS FIFTH AVENUE HOUSE, WHERE HE IS LYING CRITICALLY ILL FROM OPERATION. OSTRICH DEFEATS. NAD. MULLAH New Orleans Mad. Mullah Is * Finally Beaten— Tong Shots wn Out. THE, WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Velos (20:to 1) 1, Exapo (20 to 1) 2, Thorneycroft 3. SECOND RACE—Arch .Oldham (8 to 5) 1, Fair Una (50 to 1) 2, Drug- gist 3. THIRD RACE—Dusky (even) 1; Claremont (40 to 1) 2, Our Lillle 3, FOURTH RACE—Ostrich (9 to 5) 1, Miss Melton (20 to 1) 2, Mad Mul- lah 3. Special to The Evenin; W ORLEANS} Lat nother heay and the track soaking. It was heavy; the winners went the long route, what few dry spots there were in the track being located on the outside, Cornelius Fellows, tr.,' of New among. the arrivals to-day, ed in hin colors‘in the tw old race, Niberad ts by Darebt “World ob, 1.-—Phere Saturday night received # thorough to-day and all Prive sold the colt Black to Strode to-day for $160. Price U. bought Black out of a selling race at St. Louis last season for $1,000 and never won a race with the colt. Lew Marion has bought the two-year- old filly Dancing Nun from 8,8. Brown for $300, Brown has sold every horse he las in trafhing here, His trainer, Robert T is now at Memphis pre- paring Aud for the Crescent City Derby. ‘The J: W. Schorr and G. C, Bennett horses were shipped to Memphis Satur- day night. Jockey W. Fishor will. re- main here for another, week ®nd then rejoim the Schorr stable at Memphis Detore shipping to Memphis. Schorr sold the three-year-old magden Bur- leigh to Sam Hildreth. The latter pata $70 this morning to eitter Burleigh in the $50,000 World's’ Fair Handicap, to be run at St Louis next June, MADE A DASH FROM COURT. Prisoner Upset Would-Be Captor, but Was Caught After a (Sp ‘lal to The Evéning Worf. MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., Feb. 1.— After feigning insanity is arrest Pasquale Petridlo, ‘a burglar who was caught while trying to cut his way into the home of William 'T. Blatz,-at North Fourth avenue*and Grarid street, Fleet- wood, made-a dash for Mberty from court to-day immediately: after Judge Gay had held him to await the action of the Grand Jury at White Plains. Petrialo was followed by a crowd of fifty people, composed of city officials and business men. Upon reaching the street Petrialo ran along Depot place to South Third avenue. Alderntan James Kk. Puller, who wi Central Oftiea, detective tried to stop, him, but Petrialo dived between the Alderman’s legs and threw him in a snowbank, The escaping pri- soner contniued along South Thir. nue until he reached’ Prospect avenue, Where he was overtuken by court of cers. Chief Foley régards Petrialo as a dan- erous prisoner with a record. When Searched, at Police Headquarters trialo had several pawntickets which the police. belleve. will connect him with mumerous Mount Vi burglaries, , | refuge in the RUSSIA COUNTING ON WAR CALLS OUT MORE TROOPS Mobilization of Manchurian Reserves Ordered, While Fifty Thousand Men Will Head for Vladivostok, ST, PETERSBURG, Feb. 1.—In spite{under the protection of the United of the expressed hope of.the Russian | States legation in case of necessity. authorities that the present crisis Will re he ‘and that, pacite solution of | COREAN the “Russo-Japanese negotiations .will be reached it Ja no longer concealed | RECALLED FROM PEKING that Russia is practically prepared: for eventualities. To-day the mobilization of the Man- PEKING, Feb, 1.—The Corean Minister here has ‘been recalled and will leave churian reserves: wis announced, in a few The Corean Legation Despathces from Viudivostock an-/ continues to receive disquieting news nounce that 50,000." men ate expected | regarding. the conditions in Corea. there this-month to strengthen the gar- |. ‘The Japanese i Peking discredit the rison, while orders for mopilization of reports intimating that a peaceful set- the reserves In all the territories of the |tlement will he arrived at, especially In Far East are shortly expecta. - | view of Russia's immease warlike pre- Preparations are.making for the mo- | parations. bilization of all the horses linble to gov-} ernment requisition, The Japanese jn alarm are leaving | the territory, traversed’ by “the Eastern Chinese Railtoad, According to the Port Artliur Novyk : eave 9 pal, the Japanese re intriguing to, WASHINGTON, Feb. create disturbances in Corea, so as to Wis ACH ays ——-—— |JAPAN EXPECTS REPLY BY MIDDLE OF WEEK. 1.—After a brief ¢ ry have an excuse for intervention, The | Sttte Loomis, Mr. Takulira, the Japan- Japanese revorts of the intentinn of the) OS, Minister, stated that Phowanateae 5 C yawere vernment expect-d the Russian re- Seoul’ garrison to. mutiny -were, it is vnc bead aL at added,“ ciroulated withthe object: of Minister divulged, nothing “as io ate ter of, the note. added, that had s to de-| an epartment mere w himgelt | Loomls of his advices, , inducing the Emperor of Corea to seek ¢ ussian gation. ‘The only: resillt., howeve: termine: the Eaperor 10" pl called at the inform) Mr AGED WOMAN BRUTALLY ATTACKED AND ROBBED. ° CHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2.—Mrs. Joseph Hassler,: the aged wife of a prominent jeweller. at No. 3416 ‘Market street, this city, was brutally assaulted this afternoon by four men, who afterwards robbed the store and made their escape. Mrs. Hassler is now in-a ‘dangerous condition. Her recovery Is doubtful on account of her advanced age,.and the blow on her head, delivered with fearful force by a brawny arm, has prob- vbly fractured the skull, a SIXTY-TON GUN FALLS ON MONITOR’S PILOT-HOUSE. JORFOLK, Va., Feb. 1.—While a sixtycton gun was being hoisted-on the monitor Arkansas at Norfolk Navy-Yard to-day a The gun fell and smashed the house and did Gunner Flannigan was krocked senseless, but guy-rope broke. other damage. recovered. | ->--—______ INSANE MAN TRIES TO SHOOT MARINE. | A man who said he was Otto L. Preston, of 23 India street, babenet this afternon drew a big 44-calibre revolver out of a satchel he carried and attempted to shoot a marine named Ellis, | « on duty on the Cob Dock. He was overpowered and taken to {* Cumberiand Street Hospital. The. doctors say the man is insane delusions ofl fore he got to his feet GREAT CROWD IN CHASE OF ThIEt | Charles Cohan Pursued Down the Elevated Stairway, Up) Third Avenue and Across Six-| teenth Street. | STOLE DIAMOND STUD AND THEN DASHED AWAY. |Boarded Surface Car, but the Crowd Was Increasing and Caught by Policeman. A bold daylight hold-up on the Four- teenth street station of the Third Ave- nue Elevated Ratlroad this afternoon was followed by a thief-chase up Third avenue and rose Sixteenth street in which a crowd of nearly a thousand men.and boys took part. As Jacob Reiser, a hotel-keeper, of No. | 70 Cross street, Paterson, “N. J.. was! Hteaving 4 ‘Third 4 L train jinan who was wedged in the crowd that surrounded him on the platform sudden! renched ou a | 30 dia do ring from made a dash for the stalr- Relser gave a cry of “stop nd bolted after the fleeing high- wayman, A score of men on the sta- tan platform who had seen the daring hold-up took up the ery and followed. Dashed Down the Statrway. The thief went down the stairs three at a jump, with his pursuers close at his heels and shouting In a chorus that |coura be eurd thro out the neigh- borhood, “Stop thief ‘stop thief!" At the tareet landing of the stairway the highwayman turned and rushed to a passing surface car bound uptown. Tife ery of “stop thief .had been taken up by newsboys and men in the street and the car which was going at full speed was soon followed by = shoutnig crowd of hundreds which rapidly gained on the car. Mr: Reiser, though short and fat, led the purduers and never ceased mn Wis cry, When the car reachéd Six- ‘teenth street. the “entire thoroughfare "behind the car was black with tie crowd at’ Mr. Relser’s heels and the thief jumped from the platform to the street and started at full speed ore He Took to His Heels Again—j* W.C.WHITNEY'S CONDITION GRAVE, DOCTORS REPORT. Millionaire’ and Street Magnate Seemed to Improve After Operation for- Appendicitis. but Condition Changed and Danger of Collapse Was Imminent. SHARP TURN FOR THE WORSE AND DR. BULL HASTILY SENT FOR, LATEST OFFICIAL BULLETIN, Mr. Whitney’s condition is the same, There has been no change. Mr. Whitney is not yet out of danger. —Bulletin issued by Secretary Regan at 2.30 o'clock, Dr. Delafield’and Dr. Poole were summoned 4 ite Whitney house this afternoon to consult with Dr. Bull and Dr. y. Dr. Delafield as he left the house gave The Evening Worldehe first hopeful report that has yet come from the sick room. He said: ox f “There has been a slight change for the fetter in: Mr. ‘Whitney’ 'S con- dition. The fever has subsided somewhat and the inammatior has e:.ended. On the whole Mr. Whitney is easier than he has been sinus: had a bad turn.” The condition of William C. Whitney, who was operated on for pendicitis on Saturday night, is critical. All of Mr. Whitney’ s family’ are in the city have been summoned to his house, No. 871 Fifth ave ‘This includes Harry Payne Whitney and Dorothy Whitney. Payne W. ney is in Georgia, ‘and Mr. Whitney’s other daughter, Mrs. Almeric Paget, is in Europe. Telegrams announcing the seriousness of Mr. Whitney's condition have been, dispatched to them. There was a consultation of Mr. Whitney's physicians at noon to-day, s Irving place. He had gained’ a on the pursuing throng, though oy seemed to grow at every step, and from the front ranks of the crowd boys and men began hurling missiles a thim, Canght by a Policeman, Pollveman Sheehan, of the East Twen- iy-third street station, was advancing toward Sixteenth atreet on Irving place when he heard the yelling of the mob. He ran to the corner just in time to run plump into the fleeing man. Both lost thelr balance through the impact and rolled into the street. But Shee- han had the man handcuffed almost be- At the Yorkville Court the prisoner kave his name as Charles Coban, | No. 14 Madison street, and himself as speculator, ‘The stolen pin not found In hit possession, He was ld in $1,000 bail for examination to- morrow. HORSES DROWNED: IN HARLEM RIVER | Truck Laden with Snow Backed Over Stringpiéce and All Ef- forts to Save Struggling Ani- mals Were Futile. A valuable tenm of truck horses, be- longing to Frank Connelly, of No. 587 Morris avenue, the Bronx, fell into the Harlem River at the foot of Fast One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street to- day, and after struggling In the water fer an hour both were drowned, Yohn Dunlea, a driver fer Connelly, took a truckload of snow to the pler the foot of East One Hundred and Thir- ty-elghth street, and backed the team against the stringplece preparatory to dumping it. ‘The wheels passed over the edge and the weight of the load pulled the horses in the river. They fell between the pler schooner, where they struggled men and watermen making evel ther, but not even suc ing them from the truck. finally sank, ee $1,250 LAST HIM ONE DAY. and a police- | Both le ai the house, No. 871 Fifth avenue: {that he might not recover from the shock. to which Dr. Janeway, the well-known specialist, was summoned. The others present were Dr. Bull, Dr. Walker and Dr. James. The consulta: — tion lasted an hour. Shortly afterward a truck brought , two X-ray ma- chines to the house. They are to be used on Mr. Whitney as soon’ as fie: is strong enough to be moved. A physician who went to the Whitney house,to-day with De sane way, but who declined to give his name, made this announcement to an Evening World reporter: : DID NOT RALLY FROM SHOCK. f “Mr. Whitney’s chances are not of the best. He'is in a very critical condition and anything may happen at any moment. ‘A few hours at the outside ought to determine whether he wil! live. The operation on Mr. Whitney was a success as an operation, but Mr. Whitney did not recover from the shock, and has steadily lost strength since.” In the lower part of the Whitney house the servants are all gathered and those that respond to rings at the doorbell'are red-eyed from weeping. Mr. Whitney passed a bad night and toward morning showed such alarming symptoms that Dr. John PB. Walker, who was left. in charge of the patient while Dr. Bull went out of town for another operation, de.” cided that the distinguished surgeon must be sent for at once. A telegram brought Dr. Bull back to town on the first train, and he went at once to the bedside of Mr. Whitney, where he remained in altend- ance or the patient. He das been with him ever since, and this consiant vigil indicates 4 much more serious condition of affairs than has been given Mr. Whitney had been ‘n the South most/-of thé, winter; but came ‘back, here in drder to enjoy @ part of the opera seagon. On’ Friday night he occu~ pled his box at.the Metropolitan Opera-House. It was during the per= formance of ee that he was attacked by a sharp pain and had to go home, on : COMPLICA TIONS FOLLOWED. After Mr. Whitney got to his home from the opera he developed an acute pain in the right lower segment of the abdomen. The pain increased until he was obliged to lie Gown and when Dr. Bull and Dr. Walker, who had been summoned, arrived at the house, he was flat on his back, with his right leg drawn up across his body. An immediate operation was advised, but before it was done Mr. Whit- ney was plainly told that it was @ serious matter in a man of his age and Mr. Whitney said he was ready and willing to take the chance, and without any loss of time an operating table was brought from Dr. Bull’s office and nurses were summoned from | Dr. Walker's sanitarium, on East Thirty-third street. f An oxygen tank was brought in and hypodermics of sttmulants were placed in readiness in case Mr. Whitney sank under the operation. The patient yielded readily to ether and then an incision several inches long was’) made In the abdomen, The appendix was found in a congested and swollen condition, confirming the diagnosts, It was removed, the wound closed and Moore Brings Action to Have Husband Declared Insane. Mra, A Sheriff's jury heard testimony to- | of $15,000 a year from a trast fun Inherited, bit so great is his improvi- dence and extravagance that the day after he receives his monthly sikswancs' |e of $1,260 she has not a cent Miss Leila } Fr of the Moores, swears in an vit that he father ts insane and rs from various hallucinations apd | n| Wee IN VIGOROUS il ection bronght by M ‘ Nt ADRS Tone it . Although sixty-two years old, Mr, Whitney is in fine. v gorous bealth , enty-fourth hushand. str his years, and because of these constitu: {) is unusually strong for a man of y : aienty G. Moore, deciared Inoumpetent onal advantages less fear for hiv is entertained by ls friends than if hh Take chatge of his Vand property. |suffered from: the weaknesses of most men of his years. ccording to the petition presented by | Drs, Bull, Walker and James weré all with Mr, Whitney to-day, but none sing Storm her ukhand ha a Me | of them would he interviewed on the condition of their patient. Mr. Whit« oore, the sixteen-year-old of his family are with hina and others will soon he-here.”” iMr, Regan's response, the doctors waited for Mr. Whitney to recover consciousness, which he dir | very soon, HEALTH. ney’s secretary, Mr. Regan, sald to an Evening World reporter; “No details of Mr. Whitney's illness are to made public, His condition is unchanged and that means he is a very sick man. Some of the members | “Doesn't this indicate a grave condition of affairs?” was asked, “Mr. Whitney fs a very sick man; that is all thore is to be said, *